Traiana’s Harmony CCP Connect is the first middleware solution to match and affirm FX derivative client trades with LCH.Clearnet’s ForexClear service, following the establishment of direct connectivity with the clearing house in July this year. Traiana’s Harmony CCP Connect provides
SunGard has launched Asset Arena Data Connect, a fully automated order processing and control solution for hedge fund managers, private equity firms and fund administrators. Asset Arena Data Connect helps firms manage incoming and outgoing alternative investment data as well
HSBC has appointed Melvyn Ford as Head of Prime Services, Asia. Based in Hong Kong, Ford will be responsible for the continued expansion of Prime Services operations in the region. Prime Services was rolled out in Asia during 2011 to
SS&C GlobeOp, one of the hedge fund industry’s leading administrators, is currently supporting European fund managers under the AIFMD’s Depositary “Lite” regime having recently gained authorisation from the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority. For hedge fund administrators, the ability to provide
SGAM Alternative Investments has launched an investment fund dedicated to the art market that it says is the first investment structure backed by a leading global asset manager to offer in
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Icap, the world’s largest interdealer broker, has expanded the range of securities available on its electronic securities lending platform i-Sec to include exchange-traded funds and exchan
Activist hedge fund Pershing Square Capital Management is proposing a slate of six independent directors for the board of directors of Allergan. The six members of the slate are: Betsy Atkins, Cathleen P Black, Fredric N Eshelman, Steven J Shulman,
Gottex Fund Management has appointed James Hughes to its senior multi asset investment team in London, starting on 1 October. Hughes joins as a managing director as well as member of the investment and strategy committee and will be in
Regulation is slowing the push for alternative investments, according to research released by Cerulli Associates. "Alternative investments and other non-traditional asset classes are slowly becoming a larger part of the investment landscape," says Pamela DeBolt, associate director at Cerulli. "This
